# Gemini 4 Argon vs O3 Mini

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon leads O3 Mini in 4 of 4 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, and Long context.

Gemini 4 Argon: $4.000000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.

O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 4 Argon: closed weights.

O3 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon leads O3 Mini in General LLM at #1 against #7.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #1 against #133.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon leads O3 Mini in Science at #1 against #76.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon leads O3 Mini in Long context at #1 against #145.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon is state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 2, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini is a former state-of-the-art holder in Reasoning (since Feb 9, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).